Arabian Peninsula

1. The Protestant reformation had a huge impact on European society, culture and politics. Over the course of the reformation the catholic church lost a lot of its power. Protestantism was very popular among the common people as it focused on having a direct link with god, avoiding the system of bishops and priests. The reformation also sparked the thirty years war, a conflict that would change the religion climate of Europe drastically. After the end of the reformation started war the church no…

Christianity and Islam have many similarities and some fundamental differences. In God is Not One (2010), Stephen Prothero emphasizes the differences among the faiths. In contrast, in Huston Smith’s book, The World’s Religions (1958), Smith emphasizes what religions have in common. The differences among the faiths were mainly addressed by Stephen Prothero – such as: the Bible and the Qur’an, sin, and what happens after death. Opposed to Smith, who mainly focused on what the religions have in…

The Zheng He voyages, also known as the “treasure voyages”, were a series of seven Ming dynasty naval voyages that occurred between 1405 and 1433CE. The voyages got the name Zheng He from the commander of the fleet, Admiral Zheng He. The fleet was ordered by Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, around the turn of the 15th century. All of the voyages took place during the Yongle era, except for the last, which was launched during the Xuande era. The voyages traveled much of the South China Sea, as well as…

Muhammad’s death as making the beginning of the Islamic calendar,” obviously his journey and actions here resonate with the history of the religion (Donner, 43). While discussing the formation of Islam, it must be kept in mind that society in the Arabian Peninsula was extremely intermixed in regards to religion and culture. Through evidence like the umma document and his style of leadership, Muhammad established in Medina “an independent community, including many notices about how he established…

Source of influence for women in Islam The word Quran translates to “recitation.” It is believed to have been revealed orally to Muhammad when he was 40 years old by the angel Gabriel. The Prophet Muhammad was born in the city of Makkah on the Arabian Peninsula in 570 C.E. He is known as ‘the Seal of the Prophets’. The Quran has been partitioned to 114 surahs from the longest to shortest and refers to the woman with a certain divine decree and eloquence. The Holy book demands that the woman is…

of AL Qaeda was to dive the United States armed forces out of Saudi Arabia and Somalia by violence”(Al Qaeda). Bin Laden, the founder of Al Qaeda was a very cruel man that only cared about his power within the world. Al Qaeda means “the base” in Arabian. Al Qaeda’s base, or headquarters, was established in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1991. “Al Qaeda has become an organization with affiliates and…

Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war, in contrast to his sister the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship. The Greeks were ambivalent toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force, "overwhelming, insatiable in battle,…

The Ottoman Empire, was an empire created by some Turkish Tribes at the end of the 13th Century, in the North-Western Anatolia. The Ottomans were known as warriors for the faith of Islam, who were inspired and sustained by Islam and Islamic Institutions. The Ottomans most successful period was between the 16th and 17th centuries. During this period, the Ottoman Empire expanded out over three continents. This covers what we know today as Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia,…

The decline of the great Roman Empire led to the occurrence of events that would alter the European world far more than any person could have possibly imagined. The most significant of these creations being the three heirs, Byzantium, the Islamic Empire, and Western Europe. All three have blaring similarities and differences that can be accounted for due to the decline of Rome. Byzantium found its stability from its previous life alongside the previous Great Empire of Rome, it took away Rome’s…

The Hebrews trace their beginnings back to Abraham, the Arabs trace their beginnings back to Abraham as well. The difference is that the Arabs trace back to Ishmael, Abraham 's first son instead of his second son Isaac. Before Islam the Arab nation was very disorganised and had no official form of government, they were a mainly nomadic people and traveled from oasis to oasis to feed and water their herds. Not all were nomadic some settled down along the trade routes and established cities along…